Liphistius Schioedte , 1849

Xu, Xin, Liu, Fengxiang, Chen, Jian, Ono, Hirotsugu, Li, Daiqin & Kuntner, Matjaz, 2015, A genus-level taxonomic review of primitively segmented spiders (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae), ZooKeys 488, pp. 121-151 : 126

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Liphistiidae

Genus Liphistius Schioedte, 1849 Figures 5-9

Liphistius Schiödte, 1849, type species Liphistius desultor Schiödte, 1849, P. 621.

Anadiastothele Simon, 1903, type species by original designation Anadiastothele thorelli Simon, 1903 = Liphistius sumatranus Thorell, 1890, P. 875; first synonymised by Bristowe, 1932, P. 1022.

Diagnosis.

See Liphistiinae .

Description.

Total length (excluding chelicerae) = 9-37 mm ( Platnick and Sedgwick 1984); male palp with retrolateral tibial apophysis bearing strong apical spines and with a spinose paracymbium; female genitalia with a poreplate and unpaired receptacular clusters.

Species composition.

Liphistius albipes Schwendinger, 1995; Liphistius batuensis Abraham, 1923; Liphistius bicoloripes Ono, 1988; Liphistius birmanicus Thorell, 1897; Liphistius bristowei Platnick & Sedgwick, 1984; Liphistius castaneus Schwendinger, 1995; Liphistius dangrek Schwendinger, 1996; Liphistius desultor Schiödte, 1849; Liphistius endau Sedgwick & Platnick, 1987; Liphistius erawan Schwendinger, 1996; Liphistius fuscus Schwendinger, 1995; Liphistius isan Schwendinger, 1998; Liphistius jarujini Ono, 1988; Liphistius johore Platnick & Sedgwick, 1984; Liphistius kanthan Platnick, 1997; Liphistius lahu Schwendinger, 1998; Liphistius langkawi Platnick & Sedgwick, 1984; Liphistius lannaianus Schwendinger, 1990; Liphistius laoticus Schwendinger, 2013; Liphistius laruticus Schwendinger, 1997; Liphistius lordae Platnick & Sedgwick, 1984; Liphistius malayanus Abraham, 1923; Liphistius malayanus cameroni Haupt, 1983; Liphistius marginatus Schwendinger, 1990; Liphistius murphyorum Platnick & Sedgwick, 1984; Liphistius nesioticus Schwendinger, 1996; Liphistius niphanae Ono, 1988; Liphistius ochraceus Ono & Schwendinger, 1990; Liphistius onoi Schwendinger, 1996; Liphistius ornatus Ono & Schwendinger, 1990; Liphistius owadai Ono & Schwendinger, 1990; Liphistius panching Platnick & Sedgwick, 1984; Liphistius phileion Schwendinger, 1998; Liphistius phuketensis Schwendinger, 1998; Liphistius pusohm Schwendinger, 1996; Liphistius rufipes Schwendinger, 1995; Liphistius sayam Schwendinger, 1998; Liphistius schwendingeri Ono, 1988; Liphistius sumatranus Thorell, 1890; Liphistius suwat Schwendinger, 1996; Liphistius tempurung Platnick, 1997; Liphistius tenuis Schwendinger, 1996; Liphistius thaleban Schwendinger, 1990; Liphistius thaleri Schwendinger, 2009; Liphistius tham Sedgwick & Schwendinger, 1990; Liphistius thoranie Schwendinger, 1996; Liphistius tioman Platnick & Sedgwick, 1984; Liphistius trang Platnick & Sedgwick, 1984; Liphistius yamasakii Ono, 1988; Liphistius yangae Platnick & Sedgwick, 1984.

Distribution.

Indonesia (Sumatra), Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand.

Remarks.

Liphistius always possess eight spinnerets, unlike all the remaining liphistiid genera in which the number is variable (either seven or eight). Therefore, the number of spinnerets is not a criterion for discriminating genera and species ( Haupt 1983).